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Writer

Beatty's writing may be found in Spectator
Magazine, Transgender Tapestry magazine published
by International
Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), the Bay Area
Reporter, TransSisters and other LGBT publications [5][6][7][8]. She
contributed stories to anthologies Beyond Definition: New
Writing from Gay and Lesbian San Francisco[9] and
Herotica[10]. In
1993 she published a semi-autobiographical collection of short
stories and poetry, Misery Loves Company, an insight into
transgendered and other disenfranchised members of San Francisco's
underground community [1][11][12].

Musician

In 1994 she co-founded and performed in Glamazon, one of the
first transsexual-fronted heavy metal rock bands [1][13][14]. The
band performed for the first time in San Francisco at Bottom of the
Hill in February 1995 [15],
recorded its only released CD in 1995-1996 [16], and
moved to Los Angeles in 1999 [17][18][19][20][21] .

Activist

Beatty uses journalism and public speaking [22][23] to
advocate for the transgender and LGBT communities. Her articles and
letters advocating for the transgender community were regularly
published in Bay Area Reporter, the San Francisco Bay
Times and other LGBT publications [24]. She
testified before the San Francisco Board of
Supervisors regarding transgender concerns and served on the
San Francisco Task Force on Prostitution [25]. In
December 1991 she established San Francisco Gender Information, a
database of resources for transgender people [26]. In
2004 she performed in an all-transgender presentation [27] of
Eve Ensler's play the Vagina
Monologues which was featured in the 2006 documentary
Beautiful Daughters[28].